The true story of Mary Anning: The girl who helped discover dinosaurs | BBC Ideas

The story of Mary Anning, a fossil collector and palaeontologist who changed scientific thinking worldwide - but didn’t get recognition for her work at the time. Subscribe to BBC Ideas bbc.in/2F6ipav
This beautiful animation was made using sand from the beach where Mary Anning lived and worked in Lyme Regis on the south coast of England (and has just won at RTS award!)
This video was made by Infocandy. Music by Alexandra Harwood.
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#MaryAnning #paleontology #sandanimation

[@anurangaherath1852]

Thank you, for remembering her...

[@unknown...2900]

Mhm..

[@rynoceras]

Beautiful piece of animation!

[@user-jr8ex6qh8v]

Wow thank you I had to choose a person for a biography for homework and I chose her. And you make great art 🎨 😊

[@josephgreen6578]

A very great video that I can find information about Anning for my homework.

[@moa9188]

Same

[@unknown...2900]

She was a very good women.. Please remember Her..

[@crisptomato9495]

My mind is blown by the animation. Amazing work.

[@bbcideas]

Thank you so much!

[@jesscutler6334]

IKR

[@BoomBoom-xn7ud]

Nice video, thanx!

[@gracechoi4090]

You mixed up the plesiosaur and the ichthyosaur but over all it was very informative

[@westprogamer3294]

Makes you wonder how may women pioneers that were not credited for their contributions in their fields.

[@luv2charlie]

Rosalind Franklin was barely credited by Watson and Crick, yet they could NOT have done their work without her work!!

[@wishiwasapuppet]

This animation is f**king awesome

[@bbcideas]

Thank you @Tara Stones. We love it too! Actually, it has just won a RTS Award for the best animated Programme/Content

[@wishiwasapuppet]

@@bbcideas How does one get into the BBC Ideas network? I love your content, I'm a researcher myself, you put out some really thought provoking stuff

[@bbcideas]

​ Tara Stones Glad to hear you are enjoying our content. Here is a link with information about BBC Ideas commissioning www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/online/articles/ideas

[@Saintathantwinpeaks]

My ten year old boy wanted me to look up this lady. We found this video on KZbin, but now he is asking me why you are swearing. Thank you for being so uncouth on a site regularly used by children. Great job👍.

[@SameerShaikhtheOggyMarioLover]

Cool

[@SueZenBaisch]

😭😭sad story. R.I.P. to her. Glad she got recognized for her work. Too bad they didn't do that when she was alive.

[@luv2charlie]

They= men, chauvinist, sexist, still happening!

[@englishbus777]

Thank for subtitles...

[@luv2charlie]

Now do- Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 - 16 April 1958) was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite.[2]

[@lukaradivojevic9443]

Why it’s so sad 😢

[@zhenyangtheyoutuber9224]

Yeah

[@LesegoRosy]

Greta piece then I can find stuff about her for my homework thank you so much

[@HimAverage]

Nice

[@YuminLee-jr6ek]

Hello everyone, few years ago i found that i was mary annying in my previous life. I was in born in mokpo,south korea and living my life. Any question?

[@Emeraldant]

Thanks for this video, it is really great and we will link it to our schools pack. I'm sorry I gave a thumbs down by mistake (technodrongo...), I also gave it a thumb up... Sarah from Emerald Ant.

[@Emeraldant]

And who are you?!

[@smellytooth699]

FGO player here!

[@anushkas6093]

The geographical society made her an member after her death. What's the use of it?? Why did they make her a member before her death ?

[@Emeraldant]

She was poor and female. The Geo Society were well off, "educated" and male.

[@danbee6103]

Sarah Butterworth though they used to call geo. gathering emporium the official "fart sauna", so she didnt miss out on much IMO

[@RandomVidsforthought]

@IK Rappy What a confusing reply

[@Saintathantwinpeaks]

They didn't.

[@patryczek9667]

It's the best animation I've ever seen.

[@adityaanand8914]

❤❤❤

[@Thagomizer]

1:14 Why are we looking at a plesiosaur skeleton here?

[@alangd5767]

IT is so sad whyyy

[@jennifercozart4866]

Okay, she discovered a lot of great things but she had absolutely nothing to do with dinosaurs. Your title is very misleading. If you want it to be catchy try "sea monsters". That's more accurate.

[@user-ie6de7mu9m]

Sea monster dont exist😑

[@user-ie6de7mu9m]

Sea monster are mythical not real😑

[@jennifercozart4866]

@@user-ie6de7mu9m Merriam Webster definition would disagree: an animal of strange or terrifying shape

[@Eliza89388]

Please could you translate the audio into Spanish?

[@yuval7399]

it was a wonderful video it helped me a lot 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😎

[@paddyodriscoll8648]

She never discovered a single dinosaur.

[@KreuzDrache]

I am here because of FGO.

[@aidenchanhoman6847]

mary owes everything to his brother about the icht sarous

[@RandomVidsforthought]

She wasn't a fluke

[@thenablade858]

She would have found it anyway. They would often go searching together, and she is the one who often led the way.

[@lateenalghamdi1062]

I feel so bad for her :(

[@dasweet09735]

Me too😭😭😭😭😭😭😭she had always pain about her dog dad mom😢

[@jesscutler6334]

Ye

[@s.kanoemundon4749]

Happily didn't actually fall off a cliff Sears Giselle next time you the story better

[@s.kanoemundon4749]

Pepper didn't fall off a cliff use action next time we the story better

[@laylette4017]

She was also gay

[@sudaynebennett9261]

wait wha-

[@RandomVidsforthought]

Is there anything wrong about that

[@MrSpiritchild]

Nice, you do realize you neglect the thousands of men that never received credit for their contributions in other areas of life. Wait, is that what sexism is, when it happens to a man, it's sad, when it happens to a woman it's sexism?

[@uhoh6622]

Nobody can deny her enormous contribution as a palaeontologist. We know her name, and we know she was robbed of being recognised at the time, she could have been like one of these thousands of men you speak of, it doesn't matter, but I think that anyone finding these dinosaur remains could be qualified as a pioneer, and should be recognised as such. Man or woman. Sounds more like you have a problem with women, like so many men, and let me tell you, this is unhealthy and completely unhelpful. It is so easy to hate, and so hard to love and understand. Also, sexism is not new and it still happen in the lives of many women who try to make it in men dominated fields. This era was even more sexist to women because they couldn't study in universities like men could. That made it even more difficult, so what she did is even more remarkable.

[@thastayapongsak4422]

No, thousands of men are recognized already and a few women are.

[@Thagomizer]

@@thastayapongsak4422 You know of Mary Anning, but how many male paleontologists can you name?

[@laylette4017]

Why do you have to bring this up here? Like nobody mentioned those men because this story isn’t about them. This video was about Mary and her achievements and her hardships. Stop trying to insert yourself and your misogynistic struggles where they don’t belong. Pathetic

[@MrSpiritchild]

@@laylette4017 I didn't bring it up, the video brings it up whether you realize it or not. If it was just a video honoring a person that achieved something remarkable, great. But as usual they have to make it about sexism and the evils of the unicorned white patriarchy to once again spin the narrative that women are oppressed by men. So done with that shit....